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YOUNG AT ART

You've heard the phrase “If I only knew then what I know now.” This doesn't apply in the writing world. Everything I thought I knew about writing has changed in the last 20 years. Oh, not the basic rules of grammar and punctuation, that's still in place even if sometimes ignored. But how I write, and more importantly, how I publish has come out of the dark ages. I knew I wanted to be a writer from age 13. I had good teachers, learned what I needed to know to put sentences together and got encou… Continue

Added by Sunny Frazier on December 8, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments

TELL ME A STORY

Remember when the day ended with a bedtime story? I remember my mother reading a picture book I already knew by heart. When he was home from sea duty, my father would spin stories of his childhood in the South. Sometimes he'd recite scenes from “Gone With the Wind,” changing his voice to fit each character. Okay, that may have been a little over the top. Does an eight-year-old really need to go to sleep with Scarlett's “As God is my witness” speech ringing in her dreams? As I grew older, there… Continue

Added by Sunny Frazier on November 8, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments

PSWA CONFERENCE

The Public Safety Writers Conference 2010 will be held from June 17 through June 20 in Las Vegas at the Orleans Hotel and Convention Center in Las Vegas. Our headliner this year is the wonderful crime fiction and horror writer, Simon Wood. is going to talk about Creating Suspense. Michael A. Black will give us a lesson in putting together a plot in an hour. Forensic expert, Steve Scarborough, is returning, and I'm going to speak on “How Much Sex Is Too Much?” in the mystery genre. Next year's c… Continue

Added by Sunny Frazier on October 22, 2009 at 9:15pm — No Comments

THE TRUTH OF FICTION

When I worked for the Sheriff's Department in Fresno, I created a saying and put it on a rolling banner as a screen saver: “A Writer Reinvents the Truth.” This was never more accurate than when I wrote my first book, FOOLS RUSH IN. I took the first case I worked as a secretary for an undercover narcotics team and fictionalized it to include a kidnapping, two murders and a budding romance. On August 13, I was invited to speak to a book club three hours away on the Pacific coast. Summer means 10… Continue

Added by Sunny Frazier on October 8, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments

WELCOME TO YOUR WORLD

One of the curses of being a writer is when people say “I've had a fascinating life. You should write about me.” I've had a fascinating life myself. I caused a small riot in a train station in Hanover, Germany, and another riot in a marketplace in Haiti. International misunderstandings can happen when you're 23 and clueless. Seventeen years working in law enforcement gave me plenty of plots. According to a New York Times survey, 81% of Americans feel they have a book in them and that they shou… Continue

Added by Sunny Frazier on September 8, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments

PRICELESS PUBLICITY

Wouldn't it be nice if the writers in this group each had their own publicity agent? Publicity can cost money—but it doesn't have to. I'm signed up on BookTour.com. This nifty website is the brainchild of three San Francisco authors who use technology to connect authors with audiences. In 2006, they launched the idea to the world. Authors create a page with their bio, books, and tour dates. Venues looking for speakers list their site on BookTour. What happens next is simple: based on your zip… Continue

Added by Sunny Frazier on August 8, 2009 at 7:23pm — 1 Comment

WHAT IS PSWA ANYWAY?

Founded in 1997 as the Police Writers Club, the Public Safety Writers Association is open to both new and experienced, published and not yet published writers. Members include police officers, civilian police personnel, firefighters, fire support personnel, emergency personnel, security personnel and others in the public safety field. Also represented are those who write about public safety including mystery writers, magazine writers, journalists and those who are simply interested in the genre.… Continue

Added by Sunny Frazier on July 5, 2009 at 7:33pm — No Comments

BOGGED DOWN WITH BLOGS?

Sunny here. Marketing. Promotion. Tooting your own horn. The bane of the writing life--or a boost? Those are the magic words you're all hoping to hear. Am I right? Someone who will take the burden off your shoulders, tell the world about your book, make sales for you so you can spend your valuable time sitting at your computer cranking out the next novel. Fugetaboutit! I'm a writer too. My second Christy Bristol Astrology Mystery, WHERE ANGELS FEAR, just hit the shelves. But instead of kicki… Continue

Added by Sunny Frazier on May 3, 2009 at 8:55pm — No Comments

SPEEDING DOWN THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY

When does promotion start? The minute you take yourself seriously as a writer. When my first book, FOOLS RUSH IN, came out in 2006, I was a novice at promotion. I did pretty well, but the Internet did not have much blogging or all the websites available for promotion. I felt much was a waste of my time. I had more important things to do than sift through the Internet. My attitude changed earlier this year. My New Year's resolution was to carefully examine cyberspace. I followed the leads as I… Continue

Added by Sunny Frazier on April 12, 2009 at 11:30pm — 3 Comments

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